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Motherboard, Brandon Barney

The Echo

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Let Us Be Glad!, Will Deng

The Echo

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White Rage, Annie Reigel

The Echo

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Prose From A Farmhand On A Red Rose, Macy Petty

The Echo

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When I Called Him A Coward, Annie Reigel

The Echo

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Sprouts, Caroline Bass

The Echo

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Sunset, Carly Marlys

The Echo

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Riverside, Caroline Bass

The Echo

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Morning Sunlight, Sophia Schaffer

The Echo

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Creature Of The Season, Lara Rudman

The Echo

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Lost Memories, Alexis Burson

The Echo

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Aunt Janet's Wind Chimes, Brandon Barney

The Echo

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Perito Moreno, Annie Schulz

The Echo

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Mundane Liturgy, Mary Shelley Reid

The Echo

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Along The Canal, Caroline Bass

The Echo

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On Again Off Again, Carly Marlys

The Echo

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Interrupted, Caroline Bass

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Containment, Brandon Barney

The Echo

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Watching Through The Kaleidoscope, Ciaran Francis

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Cover

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Preface & Table Of Contents

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Echo 2021 - Complete Issue

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An Aesthetic Of Authenticity: The Use Of Turquoise In American (Counter)Culture, Madison Staples

Honors Program Theses and Projects

Turquoise is a distinctive part of the material culture of the Indigenous tribes of the American Southwest, including the Navajo, Hopi, Zuni, and Pueblo peoples. The stone, particularly its color, is situated within complex systems of culture and meaning for each tribe, but the physical nature of material culture makes such pieces accessible for outsiders to borrow, buy, or steal. The aesthetic of the southwestern Indigenous tribe, traced in this paper through the use of turquoise, has been drawn upon by non-Native Westerners pursuing authenticity in their American lives. My findings suggest that true authenticity is marked by authentic engagement, …

Synesthetic Perception: Exploring The Senses Of A Synesthete Through Theatrical Art-Wear, Makenna Trujillo

Honors College Theses

The neurological condition known as Synesthesia is a condition that changes the way that the world is perceived for the affected individual. Altering the brain’s interpretations of sensory input means that when one sense is triggered, it can create a neuro-domino effect and trigger an otherwise completely unrelated sense. It comes in many forms, and no two are exactly alike. While there is a possibility of two Synesthetes having the same trigger and response senses, Synesthesia is so unpredictable that it is nearly impossible for two synesthetes to have the exact same experience. In this work, the researcher possesses a …

From Disconnect To Connect: How To Critique The Objectification Of Animals Through My Photography, Gaoyuan Pan

Graduate School of Art Theses

In this thesis, my photography deals with the long history of objectification of animals in Western culture and philosophy. Aristotle started this objectification because he considered animals were born for human consumption. Later, Descartes finalized this objectification by separating humans from animals. This objectification is still central to the global capitalist system, which consumes animals as an industrial product. Through presenting a documentary of dead or dying animal bodies with black and white photography, I challenge the legitimacy of using animals as products and present the injustice treatment of animal bodies under this objectification. Furthermore, this objectification allows humans to …

Art And Empathy: Self Discovery In A Dark Forest, Younser Lee

Graduate School of Art Theses

According to the National Institute of Mental Health, 40 million people report feelings of depression, anxiety, and stress as the world moves at an increasingly rapid pace and faces unprecedented challenges. However, many ignore these negative thoughts and fail to acknowledge them as a serious issue. My art, which shares my own experiences, creates safe, cathartic places for viewers to think about their own emotional experiences. Crucial to this process is my use of daily objects and the creation of individualized, participatory, and multisensory experiences.

My art relates to daily life and the negative emotions that we experience daily. I …

Combatting Arts-Led Gentrification: A Case Study Of Slanguage Studio, Julia M. Campbell

Global Tides

This essay examines Slanguage Studio, founded by Karla Diaz and Mario Ybarra Jr. in 2001, as a case study that illuminates how community-based art spaces can resist arts-led gentrification. The processes of arts-initiated gentrification and displacement of lower-income residents of color are demonstrated through explorations of arts districts in the Lower East Side, SoHo, and Boyle Heights. In response to artist Charles Gaines’ claims that art spaces inevitably lead to gentrification, Slanguage Studio offers an alternative in which community needs are prioritized.

Front Cover (Spring 2021), Ronald Bentley

Inquiry: The Journal of the Virginia Community Colleges

The artwork Albemarle Sunset is a photograph taken with a Sony A7 II mirrorless digital camera and edited in Adobe Lightroom for exposure, color correction, and spot correction only.

Dog Leading A Dog, Ariel Ld Mitchell

Theses and Dissertations

This thesis analyzes the artist's relationship with paint and painting, and maps it out in a semi-chronological way. It includes fragment of memories, a breakdown of her process, and other painters she relates to.

Creating Home, Ludovic Nkoth

Theses and Dissertations

My work explores and conceptualizes the idea of a world where my people were never colonized, a world where we are still existing with our culture, our powers and the idea of voodoo. I place myself, friends, and family in positions of power, in spaces the world took away from us due to the color our skin. This is the world my practice aims to create.